Between Studio and Factory: BCB 2013 Conference

Original Spode Factory Site 17-18 October 2013

The 2013 British Ceramics Biennial offers the opportunity
to make a considered analysis of the issues that reflect current
concerns of ceramicists and artists working with clay. This has
been given greater emphasis by our partnership with Bergen Academy
of Art and Design as they reveal new meanings and purpose across
the original Spode factory site.

Between Studio and Factory: BCB 2013 Conference
presents a range of perspectives which examine the impacts of
globalisation upon the understanding, use and development of
ceramics in both the industry as well as in the arts.
Contributing speakers will explore the emerging post-studio
movement where artists and designers interface with the fabric of
both industry and post-industry.

The Conference, which is jointly organised by Bergen Academy of
Art and Design and the British Ceramics Biennial, will include
presentations by keynote speakers plus artists involved in the
Bergen Academy Topographies of the Obsolete project and BCB 2013
selected Festival artists. The conference will also include a
visit to Biennial sites and an event on Thursday evening.

Contributions to the conference by Topographies of the
Obsolete

"The Art of Fire: Ceramics and Alchemy"by Jan Bäcklund, Assistant Professor in Art
History & ArtTheory, Royal Academy of Fine Arts,
School of Visual Arts,Copenhagen,
Denmark